Pros and Cons of Living

I have been writing about pros and cons. There are always bound to be pros and cons. I know that. But which outweigh the others? Or do they even out? Writing up a few of each, this week and last week, the funny thing was that the pros came flowing out of my head. For each of the options I was writing about. It was much harder to come up with cons. Again, for each of the options I was writing about.

I’m a perpetual nostalgic. There is no such thing as a change that doesn’t engender regrets of some sort. Or a choice that doesn’t imply an exclusion. There just happen to be a lot of ‘either or’s in life. And one thing is sticking to your choice, another is coming to terms with the fact that you’re not likely to ever find out what would have been, had your choice been different …

Time has three dimensions. The trick is to live harmoniously and simultaneously in your present, past and future. I claim my right to indulge in reminiscence, recollections, remembrances. I also claim my right to think ahead and put order into parts of my life before they come to me …